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“Trump admin is threatening to remove the 15th Street protected bike lanes” - PoPville "Dear PoPville, As has been rumored in the past week, the Trump admin is threatening to remove the 15th Street protected bike lanes on the national mall. DDOT just completed a before/after evaluation ...

“Trump admin is threatening to remove the 15th Street protected bike lanes” - New report shows that would be a big mistake for safety: www.popville.com/2026/02/15th...

Ecuador condemns ICE agent's attempt to enter Minneapolis consulate A complaint has been filed by Ecuador, whose consular staff prevented the agent from entering.

Now ICE is interfering with sovereign states and bilateral affairs. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Also, unauthorized immigrants are generally ineligible for federal funds. So if anyone claims this pause, or deportations, are because people are taking advantage of public assistance, it is not supported by fact.

Just a reminder as we pause immigration visa issuance in the U.S.: noncitizens other than refugees or those who have held a green card at least 5 years are ineligible for federally funded assistance programs such as CHIP, Medicaid, SNAP, & SSI.

YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel Tom Lehrer - Poisoning Pigeons In The Park

Has anyone brought Tom Lehrer to the table?

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YouTube video by BenFoldsFiveVEVO Ben Folds Five - Brick

Ben Folds

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Prague, shot 2023, printed this week. Coffee toned #darkroom printed. #analoguephotography #filmphotography

Tonight was a very bad night.

I guess it isn’t caving when you have a career of substituting politics for principles. Seriously ashamed of the Democratic Party, wherever the fault lies.

I’ve voted 7 times to reopen the government in a way that holds Trump accountable for his lawlessness and prevents a health care crisis.

I’m prepared to work toward a compromise, but this “deal” before us does not come close to meeting those terms. Voting NO.

Full statement:

Holodomor Basic Facts - HREC Holodomor Basic Facts - The term Holodomor (death by hunger, in Ukrainian) refers to the starvation of millions of Ukrainians in 1932–33 as a result of Soviet

This is not the first time an authoritarian ruler used hunger as a policy. holodomor.ca/resource/hol...

You know who's flights aren't getting canceled?

Rich folks with private planes

They could stop half of the private planes and not have to eliminate any commercial flights

Once again, it's us vs them

It's an appalling idea but I can't find any fault in it.

Agreed it is racist bs.

Not that I was asked, but yes. Democrats seem to be acting as if this is politics as normal, and that the GOP will come to their senses and compromise. It *won’t* happen. What’s required is a full bodied defense of democratic & humanistic values, which I don’t think we’re seeing.

Congress basically doesn’t exist at this point

The Anti-Deficiency Act is a US federal law that decrees the executive branch of government cannot accept goods or services from private parties to conduct official government functions unless Congress has specifically signed off on the funds. WHICH IT HAS NOT!

A side-by-side comparison of the East Wing before and after Trump. A photo of President Obama running with Bo is on the left, labeled "Before Trump." A photo of the debris from the East Wing demolition is on the right, labeled "After Trump."

Trump breaks everything he touches.

By forcefeeding the public a whitewashed version of exceptionalism, Trump and the Heritage Foundation have made it clear we are just like the rest of the world, by showing we are as vulnerable to authoritarianism and taken in by vague promises of a return to a glorious but fictional past.

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

“If the West Wing is the mind of the nation, then the East Wing is the heart.”

- former First Lady Betty Ford

The East Wing is gone.

Over a century of American history, reduced to rubble.

All to appease the vanity of a corrupt authoritarian.

Boom freaking Boom - hello Constitution its’s been awhile 🔥

It's starting to feel like every fight I've cared about has suddenly been lost/forfeited. This one will get less than a shrug from most Americans.

I applaud this. To even better support artists, though, go to Bandcamp, which gives artists over 80% of revenue from sales (and promotes the artists). Artists control their prices and listeners can have a stake through ownership.

After others departed, Pentagon announces 'new' press corps filled with conservative news outlets The Pentagon says a “new press corps” of 60 journalists who had agreed to follow a new media policy will be welcomed into the building to cover the U.S. military.

Yes, it is real.
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A reminder of how things are supposed to work, and how broken things are.

More evidence i was right to cancel my subscription. Their editorial choices show a true disconnect.

Study after study shows that it's remarkably cheap and easy to solve the problems of homelessness and poverty with low-barrier supportive housing and universal basic income, but our own fear that someone, somewhere will get something they didn't "earn" keeps us looking for other (punitive) options.

The quick math—that growth could put $4,495 in the pocket of every adult American. Which would be spent more appropriately.